Latin

Verb

recūsō ‎(present infinitive recūsāre, perfect active recūsāvī, supine recūsātum); first conjugation

1. I refuse, decline
   • 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.44

     Si iterum experiri velint, se iterum paratum esse decertare; si pace uti velint, iniquum esse de stipendio recusare, quod sua voluntate ad id tempus pependerint.

     If they chose to make a second trial, he was ready to encounter them again; but if they chose to enjoy peace, it was unfair to refuse the tribute, which of their own free-will they had paid up to that time.

2. I object to, reject
3. (law) I protest, object

Inflection

Related terms

• recūsātiō

Descendants

• English: recuse, recusant
• French: récuser
• Spanish: recusar

References

• recuso in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• recuso in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “recuso”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
    
  • I will refuse you nothing: nihil tibi a me postulanti recusabo
    

Portuguese

Verb

recuso

1. first-person singular present indicative of recusar

Spanish

Verb

recuso

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of recusar.